CARS belonging to a popular post office manager have been targeted by vandals, causing thousands of pounds of damage.

Cans of paint and paint stripper were poured over Bispham Road sub postmaster David Hartley’s cars in the early hours of last Friday morning, in what police suspect was a deliberate attack.

Mr Hartley’s Nissan Qashqai and Renault Kangoo cars were the only two in a line of parked cars outside Bispham Road Post Office to be vandalised.

He said: “They’ve poured this paint stripper all over the roof, the bonnet and the side-panels. It is going to cost thousands to repair and our insurance premiums are going to rocket - we will lose our no claims.

“The excess won’t be cheap and having two cars off the road is a massive inconvenience to us.

“I have no idea why the cars have been vandalised, next door’s wasn’t touched at all. I’m really angry, it’s a really cowardly act. If it was done deliberately, I’d rather they come speak to me face to face.”

Mr Hartley has called for CCTV to be installed along Bispham Road to combat the increase in crime in the area.

He added: “There have been a spate of problems here in the past few months and it really needs sorting out.

“I hope the police and the council can look at installing CCTV.”

Merseyside Police confiscated an empty paint can from the scene for fingerprinting.

ANYONE with information about the attack should contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.